Senate Hearing on Department of Defense Oversight of University of Phoenix

• •The Department of Defense placed the University of Phoenix on probation regarding its participation in the Voluntary Education Tuition Assistance Program in 2015.
• •The probation decision was later reversed.
• •The University of Phoenix serves over 9,000 military servicemembers through the Tuition Assistance Program.
• •The committee hearing investigated claims that the DOD failed to perform adequate due diligence before initiating the probation.
• •The University of Phoenix's stock price dropped from approximately $16 per share to a low of around $6 per share following the probation decision.
• •The probation decision prevented some veterans and active-duty servicemembers from enrolling in University of Phoenix courses during the period it was in effect.
• •The hearing examined whether the DOD applied inconsistent standards by targeting the University of Phoenix while not taking similar actions against 15 other universities with similar alleged violations.

The hearing addresses the oversight processes used by the Department of Defense to determine which universities are eligible to receive military tuition assistance funding for active-duty servicemembers.

Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.